It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, read more

It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, it's very important for the team and the city. We're trying to win championships, and anything that takes away from that concentration (such as contract issues) hurts. I think we can be one of the top three teams in the West. We have a great team and great coach. And we have an asset that a lot of teams don't have with Yao in the middle.

If anything, we did overkill,

If anything, we did overkill,

How is the government going to run without people like us? We make 35 percent of the bread in this read more

How is the government going to run without people like us? We make 35 percent of the bread in this country, and that much of the margarine, and cooking oil, and all the other things.

Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this.

Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this.

People in the Tug Valley can identify because they've been through hellacious floods. People here are willing to help however read more

People in the Tug Valley can identify because they've been through hellacious floods. People here are willing to help however they can.

To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the read more

To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting. We didn't lose because of a lack of effort. We lost because of a lack of execution at critical times.

It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all read more

It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all citizens to help the government, to help the military, to help the police in providing information.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

The investment banking team will be first on the ground, fixed income and equities will be the next phase. We'll read more

The investment banking team will be first on the ground, fixed income and equities will be the next phase. We'll do some transfers and we'll hire some people locally.